Package: fluxbox
Version: 1.1.1+dfsg2-1
Severity: normal
Tags: squeeze patch

Background information: I use multiple window managers and switch
between them from time to time depending on the tasks to do. I use
a common background image (showing current statistics, set via cron)
in the X root window. Therefore, I disable setting background images
in all window managers.

The manpage of fluxstyle(1) says you should create a file named
'~/.fluxbox/overlay' containing 'background: none' to disable
background modification. I removed '~/.fluxbox/lastwallpaper', too,
else fbsetbg will still set a background image.

In this case, you'll get the message "Can't find wallpaper" on fluxbox
startup (fluxbox starts 'fbsetbg -z').


Known workaround:
Change the value of line matching 'session.screen*.rootCommand' to
'/bin/true' in the file '~/.fluxbox/init' -- this will prevent
fluxbox from running fbsetbg.


The appended patch will modify fbsetbg to exit without warning when
"-z" or "-Z" is used and no wallpaper is set.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages fluxbox depends on:
ii  libc6                 2.11.2-10          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libfontconfig1        2.8.0-2.1          generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6          2.4.2-2.1+squeeze3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1               1:4.4.5-8          GCC support library
ii  libice6               2:1.0.6-2          X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libimlib2             1.4.2-8+b2         powerful image loading and renderi
ii  libsm6                2:1.1.1-1          X11 Session Management library
ii  libstdc++6            4.4.5-8            The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6              2:1.3.3-4          X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6              2:1.1.2-1          X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2               2.1.14-2           FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxinerama1          2:1.1-3            X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxpm4               1:3.5.8-1          X11 pixmap library
ii  libxrandr2            2:1.3.0-3          X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1           1:0.9.6-1          X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  menu                  2.1.44             generates programs menu for all me
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3   compression library - runtime

Versions of packages fluxbox recommends:
ii  xfonts-terminus               4.30-2     Fixed-width fonts for fast reading

Versions of packages fluxbox suggests:
pn  fbdesk                        <none>     (no description available)
pn  fbpager                       <none>     (no description available)
pn  fluxconf                      <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information
--- fbsetbg.orig        2010-07-12 13:54:29.000000000 +0200
+++ fbsetbg     2012-01-26 15:41:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -519,6 +519,11 @@
     fi
 fi
 
+# silently bail out when undocumented options "-z" or "-Z"
+# (fluxbox uses -z on startup) are used without a wallpaper
+if [ -z "$wallpaper" -a -n "$style" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
 
 if [ ! -r "$wallpaper" ]; then
     message "Can't find wallpaper $wallpaper"

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